frighten
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There are many risks that can frighten the bond market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"We feel responsible for starting to inform society about the rapid and dynamic technological changes which personally frighten us," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
He’s a student of life as much as he is filmmaking, a humanist who forges connections with spectacular sights of the things that frighten and fascinate us the most.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Wildlife experts say human-bear conflicts are the result of people moving deeper into the wildlands, and that bears that wander into neighborhoods are often harmless and easy to frighten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The way the Sibyl thought it necessary to start was calculated to frighten any but the boldest.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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What frightens Ms. Stern most isn’t simply that the AfD might become stronger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
It frightens me how painfully ironic it feels to cover a film about my industry’s demise when it was “The Devil Wears Prada” that pointed me here in the first place.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
I’m not here to persuade you to fly if it frightens you that much.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
"Touch wood, no. I've been very, very close. It's this that frightens them", he tugs his orange vest.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
She has the hard look that frightens me.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, said that he had witnessed "smashed shop windows, looted stores, and frightened citizens".
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Her advice to Asos customers is not to be "scared and frightened".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
But Cardinale acknowledged layoffs would be part of the cost-cuts, a prospect that frightened many in Hollywood after endless waves of job cuts at the two companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Back in Matla, Bamita's mother speaks about the child who would ask for money for snacks, play with her sister and run inside whenever cars approached because vehicles frightened her.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
It meant she wasn’t nearly as frightened as he’d thought she was.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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There is nothing more frightening than when the familiar starts acting strange, in movies or in life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
While Wales provided threat going forwards, in defence they provided little resistance as England's powerful attack pierced through with frightening ease.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Haugen and Horwitz battled similarly daunting foes, and the rot they uncovered was just as systemic and frightening as the reporting.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
At a time when interest rates are rising quickly, there is no end of frightening headlines about how bond prices are falling at the same time, offsetting the benefit of the increased income.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
I ran my fingers over the bow tied around the beast’s neck, over its frightening claws, its dangerous tail.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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